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Postsecondary Education: 2008 Market Forecast and Trends Report

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Author: Lisa Abrams, Affiliate Analyst

This report analyzes market trends and provides our forecast for growth and performance through 2011 of the US Postsecondary Education segment. It also examines disruptors and innovators in this segment. The Postsecondary Education segment is comprised of content, technology, and institutional services subsegments. This report includes:

- Outsell’s revenue and growth forecasts through 2011 for the US Postsecondary Education segment and its subsegments;
- Analysis of Postsecondary Education market drivers and market inhibitors;
- An overview of the competitive landscape and market dynamics for this segment;
- Revenue figures for the top five Postsecondary Education companies through mid-2008;
- A look at four companies and platforms that are innovators in this market, and an analysis of disruptive trends;
- A table listing the top 50 Postsecondary Education suppliers and identifying their subsegments;
- Essential actions for publishers to succeed in the Postsecondary Education market.

Outsell uses a supply-side methodology to size and forecast the Postsecondary Education industry. Our market forecast in this report includes only sales to US states, school districts, and schools, and excludes the business-to-consumer and training segments.


Pub Date: October 30, 2008
Type: Forecast Report
Segments: E & T
Keywords: Content for schools, Education, Education (Higher Ed), Forecast, Market Statistics
Pages: 21
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Forecast Report?
  • Market Overview
    1. Postsecondary Education Segment Forecast
  • Market Drivers, Inhibitors, and Dynamics
    1. Market Drivers
    2. Market Inhibitors
    3. Market Dynamics
  • Competitive Landscape
    1. Market Movements: First Half of 2008
    2. Innovators
    3. Disruptive Forces
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Appendix

    • Tables & Figures

  • Figure 1. Postsecondary Education Segment Taxonomy
  • Table 1. Postsecondary Education Industry Forecast, 2008–2011
  • Table 2. Top Five Postsecondary Education Companies
  • Table 3. Top 50 Postsecondary Education Companies

Companies Mentioned

  1. Accenture
  2. Access Group, Inc.
  3. American Public Education, Inc.
  4. Apple Computer, Inc.
  5. Bank of America Corporation
  6. BearingPoint, Inc.
  7. Bisk Education, Inc.
  8. Blackbaud, Inc.
  9. Blackboard, Inc.
  10. Cengage Learning
  11. Cisco Systems Inc.
  12. Datatel, Inc.
  13. Degrees.com
  14. Dell, Inc.
  15. Desire2Learn Inc.
  16. EBSCO Industries, Inc.
  17. EVCI Career Colleges, Inc.
  18. Flatworld Knowledge LLC
  19. Hewlett Packard/Compaq
  20. Higher Education Press
  21. Houghton Mifflin Company
  22. IBM Learning Services
  23. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  24. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - Higher Education
  25. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
  26. JP Morgan Chase & Co.
  27. Kelly Services, Inc.
  28. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation
  29. Livemocha
  30. Microsoft Corporation
  31. Nelnet, Inc.
  32. Oracle Corporation
  33. Oxford University Press
  34. Pearson Education
  35. Plattform Advertising
  36. ProQuest LLC
  37. QuinStreet, Inc.
  38. Reed Elsevier
  39. Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
  40. Sage Publications
  41. Sallie Mae, Inc.
  42. StraighterLine
  43. Student Loan Corporation
  44. SunGard
  45. The First Marblehead Corporation
  46. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  47. Universal Technical Institute, Inc.
  48. Varsity Group, Inc.
  49. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
  50. Wells Fargo & Company
  51. Wolters Kluwer nv